Junction or connecting box.



PATENTED DEC. 81, 1907,

J. A. MCCOY. JUNCTION OR CONNECTING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAE.19. 1906.

IN VENT OR.

, i- N M UNITED STATES- PATENT onsios,

JOHN, A. Mc'GOY, or so ERvILLE, nas'slicnnsn rrs Specification of Letters Patent.

A us-za and mirth 19. 1906. Serial No. 306,744.

ToaZZwhom t't-may a 13s it known that-I, JormA. MoCoY, .re-' s1d1ng-at Somerville, in'tlie county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have-in.-

ventedv certain Improvements. in Junction or Connecting Boxes, of which the following "is I a specification.

The present invention relates to junction or connectionboxes at which a plurality of cables terminate, and in which means areprovided for interconnecting the conductors of the cables; I

The invention especially'concernsa box adapted toconnect-theconductors from an inner side ,undergroundlcable with the conductors of an overhead cable through fusible wires, which box is providedwith two. parallel ducts or compartments, into one of which enters the conductors, and into the secondo ,whiche'nters the cable with'outgoing insulated conductors, the two compartmentsbeing separated 'by a common partition. Uponi the .'of the wall of. each -compartment opposite the partition are one or more series 0 evenly spaced clips to which the conductors may be soldered, and eachjclipextends by conductive .means throughthe' said wallsv and terminatesin'a thin resilient blade of l e al v on the ou'tside'of the box whichextends beyond the face of'lthe box, andbetween each-pair of'said blades which extend from'qthe opposite sides of the box may-be se byte fusible wire, for when such a is "curedja cylindrical tube in'closingn fusiblewires-bym'eans of which an incoming con ducto'r is continued tooutgoing conductor. In such boxes it is desirable that the condup tors of one cable bessepar'ated'froin the-com. 'ductors ofa second cable, especially when the terminals of each cable are to be joined fused it-is necessarv that the saidterminals bewidelyseparatedh 'jThe walls of the'box are in linseed oil to'fill the pores thereof; and-the said walls- .areasecured together by bolts and screws, in; order'th'at the inclosed' ducts or compartments maybe waterproof; and also 5t while hot and liquid, as" melted parafiin.

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box into two arallel .tionof the ends cover 15is1arranged to inclose the upper end. Y .75

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All of whichI .now' .procsedto and oint out in the appended claims"refer? eingl'lmlade to the accompanying draw- Figure 1 is a side view of the jnncltion or 1w connecting box. Fig. 2 is a similar view to the preceding-but with the front wall removed. ig. 3 is an end View of the box. Fig-Lisa section on'line arm of Fig. 1, and .Fig. 5 is a s milar section showing a modification.

2' the ends and 3 a artition' dividing the nets or com artments T e box may be ma e anyre- 6 and 6.

rovided with bottom quired-length, and is pieces 13 and 13* 0 cables c and c, and a In Figs. l-to 4 1nclusive the end'wa s Z-and 2 have two narrow channels 7, 7 ,in their in-' ner surfaces the whole length of the box, adaptedto receive one leg of the clips 8, 8,

whose opposite leg to which a conductor is soldered extends into the duct, while its cenbolt 9. These clips are s aced' equal'dis tancesapart and holes areored in the end walls through which the bolts extend, .prefer- 'abl .passing "through insulating washers l6, d t e metal spring-piecesdesignated e and e on one end and and d on the opposite In the drawings a repres'ents'the boxes a 1 whole and 1 and 1 are the frontsid'es, 2 and e orated :for the receptral portion is perforated to receive .a screw end, and upon the end of each bolt is a nut (to hold the several parts closely 'to each other.

Whenthe-clips 8 areigut in-place I prefer to-solder the head of t e bolt to the clip'andalsosolder the-end Oftllfi bolt to the fr'netal sprin pieces'and nuts,"so that there will be. asohd electrical connectionafrom the clip to the spring. The metal springs extend beyond-,the a Fuses sand-f of-the ordinary kindconsistof iieible wires ainclos'ed in insulating es of the sides I and 1 and thoseon the left side have'slits .14 in theirv ends, .and' ;t hose on the right side have tu es, hav ing a screw IO-and nutllon one endland around projection 1201 thelother end are placed; between 0 posite pairs of "springs e and d in the same orizontal plane,

e 'projection' 12, assing through the per-- forationin sprin and the screwlO inclosed in the slit 14 an the nut 11 holding the fuse in place, so thatelectrical, conduction is made from one spring to the other.

The cables 'c and may be secured to the box a in any suitable manner after the sheath has been cut away toleave the conductors to and .10 extended beyond the same, and the bare end of each .pair of conductors is then soldered to the two clips 8, in the same hori zontal plane. In Fig. 2 each conductor is represented as extending upward from the sheath and-is supposed to have its mate immediately'behind it, and to be soldered to the clip in the rear of the clip in sight as seen also in Fig; 4, It will be perceived 'there fore, that the pair of Conductorsw of the incoming cable 0,"which may be the cable coming from the underground system, are.

soldered say to the lower clips' 8, 8, in the duct 6 and continue their circuit by one conductor, to the spring (1, fuse f, spring -e and clips 8 in theduct 6 toone 01' the pairof 20.

conductors to of the cable 0 which'may be an overhead cable and by the second conductor of the pair, forms a circuit from its-cli 8, by spring d yfuse'f s ring 0, clip 8, to t 0' second conductor to o the pair, in cable a of the overhead system.

necessary when the transposition is made from one system to the other,.for the rotection of both systems that fusible wires be inter osed. 7 L en the conductors are to be'soldered to the clips the end walls 2 and 2* are removed,

and then replaced to be secured by the bolts 4 and the'sides l and 1 aresecuredto the partition 3 by ,thescrews 5. These bolts and: screws hold the parts firmly to ether and when all are thus connected me ted insulation as, araflin may be poured into the ducts and sea the conductors from moisture.

. I may if preferable connect the conductors of each'pair to theclips 8, in-vertical series or plane instead of in the 'horizontal'plane, and em loy f'usesfonone side only ofthe box. wit iout' departing from the invention.

The upper fuse f 3 in Fig. 1 is different from the other'fuse's in.that the 'inclosing jacket .Of the fusible wire is made of braided asbestos asdsc'ribed in Patent No. 550,638 to .A. McCulloch dated December 3, 1895,

and is provided with metal ends which secure the asbestos tube, which ends have.

end wal screws and nuts to engage the metal pieces e and d, as does the fusef a Fig. 5 shows a modification in which screws 20 provided withwashers and \nuts are secured in the outer edges of the side I, which screws are soldered tothe metal clips 22, and

the wires w and w? are brought out from't'he vided with metal ends" which are slitted to embrace the screws 20, is s cured in'place by means of the nuts on the'enos of the screws.

Similar screws andfuses may be provided on the op osite side of, the ducts, so that a pair of con uctors ma be brought out from each cable in the same lbngitudinal'plane.

' I claim as my invention:

- 1. A 'unction or connection box having end walls formed with channels, clips each havin one end rojec'ting into said channel, the ot er ends 0 the clips projecting into the box for connection. with conducting wires, bolts securingthe clips in position, said bolts passing through the walls of thebox, and outside fu'sesand connections between said fuses and the bolts. 7

.2. A 'unc'tionor connection box having end walls formedwith channels, clips each having .one end rojectin into said channel F and the other-en s of the c ips projecting into.

the box for connection with conducting .wires, bolts securing the clips in position and passing through the wall 'of thebox, metal springs each connected at one end with'said fbolts','an d fuses outsidethebox and supported 'by'said springs. ,3...A junction or-connection box having having one end projectin into said channel and the other ends of the c ips'projecting into the boxv for connection with conducting v wires, bolts securing the clips in position and passing through the wall of the box, metal s formed with channels, clips each springs each connected-at one end with-said bolts, said springs being arranged in pairs,

one spring of'each pair having'a hole near its outer. end and the other spring of the pair havin a slit, and fuses mounted in the holes and slits-of the springs. v 1

In testimony whereof I have signed myname tothis specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, thissixteenth day ofM'arch, 1906; Y

7 JOHN AI MoCOY. Witnesses H. 0.; MCKAY, L. M. CROWLEY. 

